Lee Duna to NewsEnglish • 11 months agoNearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIVwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12cross-posted to: health
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkNearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIVwww.livescience.comLee Duna to NewsEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: health
minus-square@Earthwormjim91link5•11 months agoSince it’s IV medication given before/during an endoscopy, I’d guess it’s the syringe used to flush the IV line. Not the same one 450 times, but an employee using the same one for multiple patients in a day, then tossing it instead of using a new one for each.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancerlinkfedilink1•edit-211 months agoIt says it was something used to administer the anesthesic, but I don’t know anything about that either.
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Sounds like a syringe being reused.
450 times?!
Since it’s IV medication given before/during an endoscopy, I’d guess it’s the syringe used to flush the IV line.
Not the same one 450 times, but an employee using the same one for multiple patients in a day, then tossing it instead of using a new one for each.
MY TURN!
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It says it was something used to administer the anesthesic, but I don’t know anything about that either.